This is an analysis of Song—on A Bank Of Flowers by Robert Burns.
ON a bank of flowers, in a summer day,
For summer lightly drest,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbbCCb bdbdccCcc dedeffCCf gdgdbbbbb
- Stanza lengths: 9,9,9,9,
- Metre: 10101000101 110101 01010101 011110 11010101 11010111 1111 1111 110111 0111101 010101 01111101 010101 01010101 11010101 1111 11011 010111 01110001 010101 01010101 110011 110010101 010010111 1111 1111 110101 11010001 110101 11010101 0110001 11010111 11010001 1111 1101 010110
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 39
Repeated words/phrases
he, her
Anaphora
he, her
